Honoring Judith Plaskow’s induction into the Women’s Hall of Fame

We are writing to request a Special Session at the 2024 In-person Annual Meeting to honor Judith Plaskow on the occasion of her induction into the Women’s Hall of Fame in March 2024. We see this as an opportunity to recognize the cultural and intellectual significance of her contribution to the AAR and to feminist scholarship in religion.

We are planning the session to include: A brief video of the induction ceremony and aA panel to reflect on Plaskow’s intellectual contributions to religious feminism in the academy and her commitment and service to the AAR. The focus will be on how her work has both influenced generations of religious feminist scholars and been critical to bridging differences of religion, race, sexuality, gender, ability, and gender identity in our field. panel to reflect on Plaskow’s intellectual contributions to religious feminism in the academy and her commitment and service to the AAR. The focus will be on how her work has both influenced generations of religious feminist scholars and been critical to bridging differences of religion, race, sexuality, gender, ability, and gender identity in our field.

Panelists have all accepted our invitation, pending your approval. The session will conclude with the presentation of the first “Judith Plaskow Travel Grant” that will annually support a student or independent scholar who is traveling to the November Annual Meeting to present a paper contributing to feminist approaches to religion.

We have enlisted the following co-sponsors who understand that this will not count towards their session totals:

Feminist Studies in Religion

Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection

Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit

Liberation Theology Unit

Queer Studies Unit

Religion and Disability Studies Unit

Status Committee on People with Disabilities in the Profession

Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Committee

Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession

Status of Women in the Profession Committee

Study of Judaism Unit

Women and Religion Unit

Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching and Activism Unit

Women’s Caucus

Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network)